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Steve Spalding
I build ideas and talk about the Internet all day long. I also write and publish stuff.
Steve Spalding
RT @
nikitaljohnson
: Siri’s Inventors Are Building a Radical New AI That Does Anything You Ask via @
wired
http://www.wired.com/2014...
#Viv
#AI
#virtual
#deeplearning
Aug 14, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
Ananyo
: What do blind people actually see? (Not a vast blackness)
http://nautil.us/blog...
via @
NautilusMag
https://twitter.com/Ananyo...
Aug 14, 2014
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Steve Spalding
"Obvious" solutions in the moment often have not so obvious consequences, and the world has enough of those...
Aug 14, 2014
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Steve Spalding
To make good decisions you need good information, and time to think about what that information means.
Aug 14, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
JustinKownacki
: Because Twitter is immediate, when we see a problem like Ferguson (or Gaza or ISIS) we want it solved *now*. But wise solutions take time.
Aug 14, 2014
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Steve Spalding
In general, people are a lot more likely to be intellectually lazy than purposefully malicious. The distinction is important.
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
FutureChro
: 2050 – The Human Body becomes a self-repairing Machine
http://singularityhub.com/2014...
via @
singularityhub
#Bionic
https://twitter.com/FutureC...
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
There is often a kernel of truth in even the most execrable argument, being unwilling to note it is not courage, it's dangerous.
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
Once you've decided that you are the protagonist in an 'us vs them' conflict, almost all opportunity for critical thinking has been lost.
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
This has implications ranging from geo-politics to debates in blog comments.
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
If you have always wanted to be a hero, it's easy to construct narratives in which you are, sometimes to the great detriment of others.
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
The goal of good debate should be to gain a more nuanced view of your own argument rather than to strong arm people to share your opinion.
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
PhilosopherMail
: 'He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.' – Francis Bacon
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
poorstruggler
: (for the daytime crowd) here there be treasure!
#art
#furniture
-
https://twitter.com/poorstr...
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
This week's news cycle brought to you by the impending apocalypse...
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
theretronaut
: 1972: Lunar Rover and NASA tour bus (
http://www.retronaut.com/2014...
)
https://twitter.com/theretr...
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
Cmdr_Hadfield
: You can drive a robot to look around inside the @
Tate
Gallery at night. I did - nocturnal fun
http://afterdark.tate.org.uk/
https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Ha...
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
Wit_of_Wilde
: The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
nikitaljohnson
: New RoboBees show the future of robotics is very, very small
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...
#robotics
#sensors
#swarmrobotics
#biorobotics
#nanobots
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
Also, remember how to villains in Batman were only marginally more dangerous than the ones in Home Alone?
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
Some days you watch Batman because Batman helps the world make sense.
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
History_Pics
: Times Square, New York City, 1955.
https://twitter.com/History...
Aug 13, 2014
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Steve Spalding
There is nothing quite as dangerous to clear thinking as self-reinforcing social bubbles.
Aug 12, 2014
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Steve Spalding
I hate navel gazing stories about Facebook, but this is fascinating. What if you "liked" everything
http://www.wired.com/2014...
(via @
violetblue
)
Aug 12, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
itssylviaplath
: Never mind whose got a better or worse body and mind, but stretch yours as far as you can.
Aug 12, 2014
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Steve Spalding
A couple things to read in whichever order suits you:
http://www.forbes.com/sites...
|
https://t.co/x18uDQQ1jt
Aug 12, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
theretronaut
: 1954: Chicago Auto Show (
http://www.retronaut.com/2014...
)
https://twitter.com/theretr...
Aug 12, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
TweetsofOld
: "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." -Mark Twain
Aug 12, 2014
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Steve Spalding
I have to remind myself that one of the reasons we hear about so much tragedy is that more than any other time in history people care.
Aug 12, 2014
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Steve Spalding
Do yourself a favor and tell someone you care about that they're important to you. The Internet will wait.
Aug 12, 2014
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Steve Spalding
RT @
benparr
: If you’re struggling, feeling depressed or coping with an addiction/mental disorder, reach out. Talk to somebody. You aren’t alone.
Aug 12, 2014
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Steve Spalding
I think we should all just take a day to be much, much nicer to one another -- you know, for a change.
Aug 12, 2014
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